What IT Web does

ITWeb is a South African business technology media company founded in March 1996 by Jovan Regasek, headquartered in Johannesburg with operations spanning Bryanston and Sandton. It operates a multi-platform media stack anchored on itweb.co.za (online ICT news, opinion, features, white papers and Virtual Press Office), supported by ITWeb Africa (pan-African coverage), Brainstorm magazine (print and online with CIO and CISO Directories), ITWeb TV (live and on-demand video on YouTube, LinkedIn and the homepage), and a portfolio of 25+ segmented daily, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly newsletters reaching thousands of opted-in South African ICT professionals.

The company monetises through a diversified mix of recurring revenue streams: event sponsorship and ticketing across an annual calendar of large summits and executive retreats (Security Summit in its 21st edition with 1,000+ attendees, 90+ speakers and 80+ vendors, plus AI Summit, GRC Summit, Cloud Summit, Security in Finance Conference, Data Insights Summit, CIO Retreat, CISO Retreat, Brainstorm CISO Banquet and the inaugural Chartered CIO Conference); online display advertising and Virtual Press Office placements for vendor press releases; commissioned sponsored surveys (the CISO Survey with MTN Business in year 5, plus Digital Payments with ACI Worldwide, Data Confidence & AI Readiness with Veeam, Network Modernisation with Huawei/BNI, AI-Driven Automation with First Distribution and IBM, and ICT Skills with IITPSA/SoftwareOne); newsletter sponsorship; and Brainstorm print and directory subscriptions.

ITWeb serves two intertwined customer sets: (i) a South African and pan-African audience of CISOs, CIOs, IT leaders, ICT professionals and channel practitioners that consume its editorial and event content, and (ii) a B2B customer base of enterprise ICT vendors and service providers (MTN, Huawei, IBM, Veeam, ACI Worldwide, Cisco, Kaspersky, Palo Alto, Splunk, Rubrik, Vodacom, Datacentrix, BCX, BeyondTrust, First Distribution, SoftwareOne, Snode and others) that sponsor events, surveys, newsletters and advertising. The workforce comprises approximately 690 employees plus over 2,000 freelancers, and the company is independently owned by founder/executive chairman Jovan Regasek with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors or M&A activity.

Name

IT Web

Legal name

ITWeb (Pty) Ltd

Website

https://itweb.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ITWeb is a Johannesburg-based business technology media company, founded 1996, operating itweb.co.za, ITWeb Africa, Brainstorm magazine, ITWeb TV, 25+ newsletters, and major ICT summits and retreats for South African CISOs, CIOs, IT leaders and enterprise ICT vendors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Technology Media

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

IT Knowledge Management & Service Desk Platforms (HDAEALAH)

Keywords

• ICT news media
• Technology conferences
• Business technology publishing
• IT industry research
• Executive technology events

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Event sponsorship and ticket revenue: Multi-tier sponsorship of annual summits, retreats, banquets and conferences (Silver, Gold, Bronze, Table sponsors, Proud Event Sponsor, Thought Leaders) plus paid delegate attendance at CIO Retreat, CISO Retreat and banquets; security summit alone attracts 80+ exhibiting brands and 1,000+ attendees.
2. Online display and Virtual Press Office advertising: Banner and 'Virtual Press Office' sponsored-word ad placements (e.g. SigniFlow, Galix, ManTK, Ascent, Symbiosys, Sigfox, Bateleur, DigiCloud) sold across itweb.co.za article, category and Virtual Press Office inventory.
3. Sponsored industry surveys and reports: Commissioned research products such as the annual ITWeb CISO Survey (with MTN Business, in its 5th year), digital payments survey (with ACI Worldwide), data trust & AI readiness survey (with Veeam), network modernisation survey (with Huawei and BNI), and AI automation survey (with First Distribution and IBM), producing proprietary reports and leads for sponsors.
4. Newsletter sponsorship and audience marketing: Sponsored placements within a large portfolio of daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and bi-monthly ICT newsletters reaching thousands of opted-in South African ICT professionals.
5. Print and directory subscriptions: Brainstorm Magazine (print and online), CIO Directory and CISO Directory provide recurring subscription and listing revenue streams alongside the main news site.
6. Press release distribution (Virtual Press Office): Originated as a press release repository in 1996 and continues to operate paid Virtual Press Office press release distribution for vendor press offices (e.g. Nology, InnoVent, Keyrus, Bateleur, Datacentrix, Snupit).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ITWeb is a South African business technology media company that publishes ICT news, opinion, features and commissioned research through its itweb.co.za online portal, ITWeb Africa microsite, Brainstorm magazine, CIO/CISO Directories, ITWeb TV video platform and a portfolio of 25+ segmented newsletters. It runs a calendar of large annual industry summits (Security Summit, AI Summit, GRC Summit, Cloud Summit, Data Insights Summit, Security in Finance Conference), executive retreats (CIO Retreat, CISO Retreat), invitational banquets (Brainstorm CISO Banquet, Wired4Women Awards) and sponsored industry surveys (CISO Survey, Digital Payments, Data Confidence & AI Readiness, Network Modernisation, AI-Driven Automation, ICT Skills) monetised through advertising, sponsorship, subscriptions and paid delegate attendance.

Product overview

ITWeb is a single business technology media community (not a multi-product software platform) anchored on the itweb.co.za news portal, which serves as the hub integrating a portfolio of editorial products, events, research surveys, awards, newsletters, video content, and directories. The core news site is complemented by sub-products including ITWeb Africa (pan-African coverage), Brainstorm Magazine and its hosted CIO Directory and CISO Directory, and ITWeb TV (video streaming). Its events portfolio includes flagship annual conferences such as the ITWeb Security Summit (21st edition), ITWeb AI Summit, ITWeb Data Insights Summit, ITWeb GRC Summit, plus executive retreats (ITWeb CIO Retreat, ITWeb Security Summit CISO Retreat) and banquets (ITWeb Brainstorm CISO Banquet, Wired4Women Awards, Chartered CIO Conference and Awards). Research outputs (Data Confidence and AI Readiness Survey with Veeam, Digital Payments Survey with ACI Worldwide, Network Modernisation Survey with Huawei/BNI, AI-Driven Automation Survey with First Distribution/IBM, annual CISO Survey with MTN Business, and the 2026 ITWeb Brainstorm CISO Report) are conducted through ITWeb's surveys platform and distributed via the ITWeb newsletters portfolio. The portfolio operates as a unified media-and-events brand rather than a modular software platform, with each named property serving a distinct audience within South Africa's ICT ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ITWeb Africa: Pan-African ITWeb publication covering ICT news across Africa.
• Brainstorm
• ITWeb TV
• Wired4Women

Products and services

• ITWeb News Portal South Africa's primary online ICT news destination covering business technology news, insights, events and videos across sectors including cybersecurity, cloud, AI, payments, telecoms and the ICT channel.
• ITWeb Africa

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000+ attendees, 90+ speakers, 80+ vendors at the 21st ITWeb Security Summit 2026
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• MTN BusinessflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMTN Business is a headline partner of ITWeb's annual CISO Survey, run in its 5th year in 2026. MTN is also the Proud Event Sponsor of the ITWeb Brainstorm CISO Banquet and supports the ITWeb Security Summit more broadly.
• Brainstorm magazinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrainstorm is ITWeb's owned print and online magazine sub-brand. The two jointly host the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Survey, ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Banquet, ITWeb Brainstorm CISO Banquet and the inaugural Brainstorm CISO Awards.
• ACI WorldwidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACI Worldwide partners with ITWeb on a pan-African digital payments snap survey across banks, fintechs, payment intermediaries and merchants, with findings compiled into an industry trends report on the future of digital payments in Africa.
• VeeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVeeam partners with ITWeb on the Data Confidence and AI Readiness Survey across Africa, covering data visibility, recovery confidence, AI readiness, classification, access awareness, regulation and investment.
• HuaweicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuawei co-sponsors (with Blue Networks and Infrastructure) ITWeb's network modernisation survey of South African IT leaders and decision-makers. Huawei also presents at ITWeb summits, including AI governance at the Security Summit.
• Blue Networks and Infrastructure (BNI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBNI co-sponsors ITWeb's network modernisation survey with Huawei, targeting IT decision-makers on network maturity, modernisation barriers and investment priorities.
• First DistributionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst Distribution and IBM partner with ITWeb to run a survey assessing how ready South African businesses are to adopt AI-driven automation.
• IBMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIBM co-hosts executive roundtables with ITWeb on AI in financial services (Sandton, Stellenbosch) and co-sponsors the AI-driven automation readiness survey with First Distribution.
• GeekulchacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeekulcha established the ITWeb Security Summit Hackathon with ITWeb a decade ago to develop South Africa's cyber defence capabilities and co-runs the annual ideathon and hackathon.
• Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIITPSA endorses the ITWeb Security Summit and co-runs the annual ICT Skills Survey (with Africa Analysis and sponsor SoftwareOne Experts South Africa) published via ITWeb.
• SoftwareOne Experts South AfricaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSoftwareOne Experts South Africa sponsors the 2026 IITPSA ICT Skills Survey published via ITWeb, providing funding in exchange for brand visibility to ITWeb's ICT audience.
• SnodeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSnode sponsors the on-site ITWeb TV studio at the ITWeb Security Summit 2026, with live streams to ITWeb's homepage, YouTube and LinkedIn channels.
• Press Council of South AfricaminorOthersITWeb displays the 'FAIR' stamp of the Press Council of South Africa and adheres to its Code of Ethics for print and online media; complaints can be lodged via the Press Council's ombudsman process.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Informa Tech: Diversified global events and media group with a large technology portfolio (e.g. Black Hat, Infosecurity, Gartner Events). Comparable in operating large enterprise ICT events and media at scale, though much broader in scope.
• Foundry (formerly IDG Communications): Global B2B technology media company (CIO, CSO, Computerworld) and events business owned by IDG Inc. A much larger incumbent operating the CIO/CISO media brands that ITWeb mirrors at a South African scale.
• Ziff Davis (incl. ZDNet, Mashable): US-listed digital media company operating tech publications (ZDNet, PCMag, Mashable) and B2B marketing services. Comparable as a multi-brand B2B/B2C tech media operator, though global rather than Africa-focused.

Direct peers

• Computer Weekly: Long-running UK-based B2B IT media brand (part of TechTarget/Informa) covering enterprise technology news, opinion and research. Direct analogue for ITWeb's enterprise ICT editorial mission in another geography.
• IT News Africa: Pan-African B2B ICT news outlet covering enterprise technology across the continent. Closest comparable pan-African ICT media peer to ITWeb Africa.
• TechCentral: South African B2B ICT news site covering enterprise technology, telecoms and startups, monetised through advertising and events. Closest direct competitor in the SA ICT media market.
• TechTarget: Global B2B technology media, research and events company serving enterprise ICT buyers through sector-specific sites, intent data and conferences. Closest global analogue for ITWeb's combined editorial + research + events model.
• MyBroadband: Large South African tech news and community platform with broadband/telco focus, monetised via advertising, sponsored content and events. Direct SA competitor for ICT news and audience.
• Gadget.co.za: South African consumer and prosumer technology news site under the Gadget brand. Comparable in geography and editorial model, though more consumer-oriented than ITWeb's enterprise B2B focus.

Regional players

• Africa.com: Pan-African digital media company producing business and technology content across the continent. Comparable geographic reach to ITWeb Africa, though with a broader (not ICT-only) editorial mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/itweb
• YouTubeitweb.co.za/videos/category/GxwQDM1ZDjVqlPVo
• Facebookfacebook.com/ITWebZA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/itweb

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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